The Truce at Bakura: Star Wars Legends [Paperback]

No sooner has Darth Vader's funeral pyre burned&#160;&#160;to ashes on Endor than the Alliance intercepts a&#160;&#160;call for help from a far-flung Imperial outpost.&#160;&#160;Bakura is on the edge of known space and the first to&#160;&#160;meet the Ssi-ruuk, cold-blooded reptilian invaders&#160;&#160;who, once allied with the now dead Emperor, are&#160;&#160;approaching Imperial space with only one goal; total&#160;&#160;domination. Princess Leia sees the mission as an&#160;&#160;opportunity to achieve a diplomatic victory for the&#160;&#160;Alliance. But it assumes even greater importance&#160;&#160;when a vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi appears to Luke&#160;&#160;Skywalker with the message that he must go to&#160;&#160;Bakura-or risk losing everything the Rebels have fought&#160;&#160;so desperately to achieve.Kathy Tyers is the author of the Firebird series (Firebird, Fusion Fire, Crown of Fire, and&#160;Daystar) and stand-alone science fiction (Shivering World, Crystal Witness, and One Mind&rsquo;s Eye).&#160;She has also written several original Star Wars stories, including the New York Times&#160;bestselling novel The Truce at Bakura. She lives in southwestern Montana.On an outer deck of a vast battle cruiser called the Shriwirr, Dev Sibwarra rested his slim brown hand on a pioneer's left shoulder. &quot;It'll be all right,&quot; he said softly.&#160;&#160;The other human's fear beat at his mind like a three-tailed lash.&#160;&#160;&quot;There's no pain. You have a wonderful surprise ahead of you.&quot;&#160;&#160;Wonderful indeed, a life without hunger, cold, or selfish desire. <ló2